Lewis Hamilton has finally won again, although it only happened with a little help from Red Bull. After Sebastian Vettel went out of the race, there was nothing that could stop Lewis. Alonso kept close but was no challenge, while Jenson Button finished in 3rd place.

raymondu999 wrote:It seems rather idiotic to me. How is a driver supposed to build 1s of a gap in the small chicane that is T8/9? SUrely overtaking in zone 1 would mean you'd get overtaken in zone 2 no?

Not really idiotic, if overtaking in zone 1 is such an issue then a clever driver will just use zone 1 to get right up to the gearbox of the car in front, and make the pass at the end of zone 2.

raymondu999 wrote:And it would be absolutely idiotic if overtaking was child's play in both zones

On the other hand, it would be absolutely idiotic if overtaking was totally impossible, like it usually is at this race.

Personally, I think they've got it dead right – I expect that the first one will really not be used for much passing, not because of drivers thinking strategically, but instead because it's where you're most likely to be rev limited. The second one is a margionally slower straight, and may provide some more passing.

That would be the logical approach, but we saw in Korea and India, that no matter how close you can get to the McLarens, it wasn't possible to pass them using DRS, so maybe the McLarens would take any opportunity to overtake in zone1, and than use their excellent traction to get away in the beginning of zone2.

Just rofling at Ferrari's explanation for Massa's troubles in P1... "He damaged the hard tyres, that's what caused the spin" "Oh by the way, he damaged the experimental softs during the spin"... What, he changed tyres mid way through the spin?